Necktie-guide.



G. H. MGELROY.

NEGKTIE GUIDE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1913.

1,121,521, Patented Dec. 15,1914.

gmowto'v W C/zafxfl Why CHARLES H. MCELROY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

NECKTIE-GUIIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 15, 1914:.

Application filed August 1, 1913. Serial No. 782,471.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. MoELRoY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Guides, of which the following is a specification.

This'invention relates to neck tie guides or slide devices, and it has for its object to provide a simple and efficient device for guiding a neck tie and for retaining it in position with respect to the collar, thus permitting the tie'to be properly adjusted after the knot has been formed.

A further object of the invention is to produce a device of this class which may be very conveniently applied to a collar foroperation or detached after use.

lVith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of. parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details thereinexhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved guide and re tainer applied to a collar. Fig. 2 is a front view, showing the device detached. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the lin'e4-4 in Fig. 3.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The body of the improved device consists of an elongated narrow strip 7 of hard wood, celluloid, ivory or other suitable material, the same being provided in its front face with a recess 8 extending nearly from the upper end to a point about midway between the ends of the strip, said recess producing shoulders or offsets 9 at the upper and lower ends thereof. Secured on the rear face of Copies of this patent may be obtained for the strip or body 1 is a spring 10, said spring having one end attached to the body member 7 by means of a rivet or other fastening 11 near the lower end of the recess 8. The spring 10 is slightly curved so that its free end 12 will engage the rear face of the strip 7, said free end being slightly curved outward from the rear face of the strip so as to permit a thickness of a collar to be readily. inserted between said spring and the body member 7, the latter being slightly curved longitudinally, as will be best seen in Fig. 4;.

In operation, the improved device is placed on the collar after the tie has been placed therein and before the collar has been buttoned to the neck band of the shirt. The spring will engage the outer surface of the collar, and the recessed portion of the body member 7 will be introduced between the folds thereof, thus affording a guide for the neck tie, which latter will be permitted to slide freely, thus enabling it to be properly adjusted after the knot or bow has been tied. That portion of the strip 7 which extends downwardly below the recess 8 and which comprises approximately one-half of the length of the strip constitutes a handle portion whereby the device may be very readily manipulated.

isclaimed as new, is

A device of the class described comprising an'elongated slightly curved body porthereof, said'spring having an upwardly extending free portion engaging the face of the strip adjacent to the upper extremity thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

CHARLES H. MoELROY.

Witnesses:

J. WALTER DUNN, LYNNE J. HACKER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0..

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